References to documents follow a consistent pattern both
in the cross-references (in the detailed tables of contents)
and in the indexes. Where a document in volume 1 is
being cited, reference is to chapter and document number;
thus, for example, ch. 15, no. 23. Where the document
is to be found in one of the subsequent volumes,
which are organized by Constitutional article, section, and
clause, or by amendment, reference is in this mode: 1.8.8,
no. 12; or, Amend. I (religion), no. 66. Each document
heading consists of its serial number in that particular
chapter; an author and title (or letter writer and addressee,
or speaker and forum); date of publication, writing, or
speaking; and, where not given in the first part of the
heading, an identification of the source of the text being
reprinted. These sources are presented in short-title form,
the author of the source volume being presumed (unless
otherwise noted) to be the first proper name mentioned in
the document heading. Thus, for example, in the case of
a letter from Alexander Hamilton to Governor George
Clinton, "Papers 1:425--28" would be understood to refer
to the edition fully described under "Hamilton, Papers" in
the list of short titles found at the back of each volume.

A somewhat different form has been followed in the
case of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention
that met in Philadelphia from late May to mid-September
of 1787. As might be expected, we have included many
extracts from the various records kept by the participants
while they were deliberating over the shape and character
of a new charter of government. For any particular chapter
or unit, those extracts have been grouped as a single
document, titled "Records of the Federal Convention,"
and placed undated in that chapter's proper time slot. The
bracketed note that precedes each segment within that selection
of the "Records" lists the volume and opening page
numbers in the printed source (Max Farrand's edition),
the name of the participant whose notes are here being
reproduced (overwhelmingly Madison, but also Mason,
Yates, others, and the Convention's official Journal), and
the month and day of 1787 when the reported transaction
took place.

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